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Isaiah 40:6

A voice saying Cry! And one said—What should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

In Context

5Then shall be revealed the glory of Yahweh,—And all flesh shall see it together, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken!

7The grass hath withered The flower hath faded, Because, the breath of Yahweh, hath blown upon it! Surely the people is grass!

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Cross References

Psalms 90:5Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, [they are] like grass that shooteth up,

Psalms 92:7When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

Psalms 103:15As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom;

Isaiah 12:6Make shrill thy voice and sing out thou inhabitress of Zion,—That great in the midst of thee, is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 40:3A voice of one crying!—In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh,—Make smooth in the waste plain a highway for our God:

Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, do not spare, Like a horn, lift high thy voice,—And declare To my people, their transgression, and To the house of Jacob their sins.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:4-9

Evangelical Predictions. ( b. c. 708.) 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord , make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is… Read the whole commentary →

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